Article updated: 5/8/2013 5:24 AM

Unused state police time off cost taxpayers $7.7 million

Illinois state troopers accumulate days, get paid for them at retirement

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Taxpayers covered more than $7.7 million between 2006 and 2012 to compensate retiring Illinois State Police officers for unused time off.

Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer

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Taxpayers spent more than $7.7 million to cover unused time off for 134 former Illinois State Police troopers who retired between 2006 and 2012. Money paid for unused sick time and vacation time made up the bulk of that total, along with funds for personal, compensatory and holiday time that went unused.

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